From the Snow

From the Snow (1993)

Drama

This highly acclaimed drama from Greek writer/director Sotiris Goritsas, inspired by the Sotiris Dimitriou short story, represented Greece as an official selection for the 1994 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. It concerns two young Greek men seeking refuge in Albania. Thomas (Vassilis Eleftheriadis) and Achilleas (Ierassimos Skiadaeressis) make an illegal late-night run at the Greek border, joined by young Nikos (Antonis Manolas), a child whose mother had been killed by Albanian guards. Returning to Athens, they find that the land they had missed and dreamed of so often has changed, refusing to accept the returning refugees or even see them as Greek -- the locals refer to the trio as "Albanians" throughout the film. Demoralized and disillusioned, Thomas is accidentally killed while working at a building site to make ends meet, and Achilleas and Nikos decide to return to their Albanian village rather than stay in an Athens, which clearly has no place for them anymore.

Director: Sotiris Goritsas
Writer: Sotiris Goritsas

Casts

	Gerasimos Skiadaresis as Ahilleas Nasios
	Vasias Eleftheriadis as Thomas Lekkas
	Andonis Manolas as Nikos
	Mania Papadimitriou as Katerina Drosou
	Lazaros Andreou as Alkis Katsaris
	Menelaos Ntaflos as Boss
	Pavlos Foltidis as
	Ektoras Kaloudis as Police Officer at Agrinio
	Vasilis Kamitsis as Hotel Clerk
	Vassilia Kavouka as
	Maria Kyriaki as Despina
	Alekos Mandilas as TV Salesman
	Dimitris Mavropoulos as Makis
	Andreas Natsios as Border-Policeman
	Sofia Olympiou as Grandma Dimitra
	Kostas Stefanakis as Βενζινάς

Crew